Close Reading is essential when reading both literature and informational text. This chart of annotation symbols for Close Reading is a must when you're doing close reading! It includes a color and a black white copy. You can use it as an anchor chart, as a poster, or in your students' close reading folder.

This is a really helpful list for parents to make read aloud time an interactive experience. Research shows that kids get the most out of reading when a parent helps them interact with the text. These prompts include most of the reading comprehension strategies.